Monorail dump-car system.



A. SMKO.

MONURML DUMP CAR SYSTEM.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 20, |916.

' Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

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MONORML DUMP CAR SYSEM.

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ANDREW' SI5/EKG, 0F PASAC, JERSEY.

MONORAEL DUMP-CAB. SYSTEM Application filed Mey 20, 1916.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ANDREW SIMKO, a subject of the Kingr of Hungary, residing et Passaic, in the county of Passaic and State Speccation of Letters Patent.

of New Jersey, have invented certain newV and useful Improvements in Monorail Dump-Car Systems, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in mono-rail dump carextreme strengthand adapted for move-l ment upon e single rail, provision being made for readily removing the car from the reil as well as for shifting the rail to a different position when found desirable to conneet the same between diierent points of travel.

l/V ith these general objects in view end others lthat will appear as the nature of the invention is better' understood, the sem-e consists in the novel construction, combina.- tion and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views: Figure/1 is a sideelevation of a track section of the present form having one 'of the duinp cars operatively positioned thereon. Fig. 2 is a top plen view thereof. Fig. 3 is on end elevation of the car with the track rail shown in vertical transverse section. Fig. 4f is a vertical transverse sectionatview teken upon line IV-IV of Fig. 1, and Figs. 5 and are horizontal sectional views taken upon lines` V-V and V-Vl respectively. of Fig. 3.

Referringrnore in detail to the drawings.. it will be noted that thc track consists of separate sections '1 0 of rails of Nicam 'formation and secured together in longitudinal arrangement by Ineens of bolts ll passing ret-tentes Aug. es, 191e.

Serial No. SEL-S through dependingr lugs le at the adjacent endsof tlie'rail sections while the rail is removably secured transversely of the sup? porting ties lf3 by4 moans ot' retainingpins 14.

The car 15 designed for employment upon the rail 1G consists of a rectangular receiving frame or box 16 having its bottoml'( provided with'a rectangular central outlet or dumping opening 18 which opening is normally closed by means of transversely- 'arrangedslides 19 secured in at closedposition by ineens of latches 20 cnrriedbyhe 'opposite sides of the frame 16 and over:`

vlying the outer ends of the slides 19 when closed.

Oppositely-arranged pairs of depending* side plates 0r legs 21 4are centrally carried beneath the car bottom 17 ladapted for the reception of the rail 10 therebetween and provided nt their lower ends with inwardlyextending stubaxles 22' having flanged wheels 23 thereon. inwardly projecting bolts .Zfl ere carried by the legs 21 at opposite sides of the axles 22 and nre arranged with mounting strips 25 upon their inner ends and through which mounting strips the inner ends of the axles 22 are journaled.

The wheels 23 are adapted to travel upon the opposite bese flanges 2G of the rail'lO and between such base anges and the oppositely proiecting top {ian-ges 27 of the raiL By this arrangement it Will be seen that the car 15 is mounted for travel upon the rail 10 und is prevented from accidental displacement thereof, the outer annular flanges or the wheels 23 engaging the outer edges of the tl s 9.6. 27 when the car is operatively po. oued upon the track. A terminal rnil sectie 29 provided for the track 10 being oi d T-shsped crosssectional area. witlrtl 1 ianges 30 tliereof in aline- .ie l

`ment with the base flanges of the rail lO and .vherby the car 15 when moved upon the traci s tion 29 may be readily lifted vertically oil of the seme by reason of the absence of any top tlange upon the rail section 29. l l

Oppositely sloping chute or feed boards of inverted V-shaped arrangement are positioned between the inner cdges of the adjacent legs with the connecting point or :iper ond 32 of thc said boards positioned centrally beneath the outlet opening 18 of the car l5. The slides 19 engege the connec/:ting apex of the said boards 31 when the said slides are in their closed position, as best illustrated in Figs. 2 and i oi the drawings.

A rock shaft 33 between two, of the opposite legs 21 is arranged with a brake lever 34 upon its outer end, a retaining rack 35 being provided for the said lever Curved brake arms 3G are carried by the shaft 33 having brake shoes 37 for engaging the wheels 23 upon thedownward movement of the lever 34. Coupling rings 38 are provided at the opposite ends of the car for connecting cars together in a train.

In operation it will be understood that the track sections 10 are to be laid adjacent the point desired for loading the same and the car 15 is moved thereon, the slides 19 being closed. When the car is filled, the same is moved over the rails 10 to the desired position whereupon the latches 20 vare released and the slides 19 shiftably moved outwardly away from the car bottom opening 18 and allowing the contents of the car to be fed therethrough passing in diverging directions over the boards 31. The car frame 16 being considerably elevated above the track 10 by means of its legs 21 and the contents thereof beine fed at opposite sides of the track by the boards 31, the dumping of the car will not interfere with the operation of the wheels 23 so that an advantageous transferring railway is provided. The rail sections 10 may be readily detached by removing the bolts l1 and the sections removed from the ties 13 for changing the entire. posi- -I tion of the track and line oftravel of the car 15. The aforo-mentioned bolts 24: are provided with spacing sleeves 39 between the adjacent leg 21 and strip 25.

1. A railway car frame for a mono-rail system having a bottom provided with a central discharge opening, opposite pairs of depending legs-carried by the said frame at opposite sides of the rail, flanged wheels carried by the said legs adapted for travel upon the said rail, and oppositely sloping feed boards positioned between said pairs of legs and terminating in a plane out-I wardly oi the said wheels and track when Ythe car is operatively positioned thereon.

2. A car comprising a receptaclev having a bottom arranged with a central outlet opening, opposite pairs of leg plates depending in parallel relations from the said receptacle bottom, inverted V-'shaped feed boards secured between the said pairs of legs with their apex arranged centrally beneath the said opening, the free edges of the said boards projecting outwardly from the said legs, closing means for the said opening, and mounting wheels carried by the said legs.

3. A car comprising a receptacleA having albottomarranged with a central outlet opening, opposie pairs of leg plates depending in parallel relations from the said receptacle bottom, inverted V-shaped feed boards secured between the said pairs of legs with their apex arranged centrally beneath the said opening, the `free edges of the said boards projecting outwardly from the said legs, oppositely arranged closing slides for the said opening laterally carried by the receptacle bottom between adjacent pairs of legs with their inner ends in contact with the said boards when in their closed position, retaining latches for the said slides, and mounting wheels carried by the said legs inwardly thereof.

1. A car comprising a receptacle having a bottom arranged with a central outlet opening, opposite pairs of leg plates depending in parallel relations from the said receptacle bottom, inverted V-shaped feed boards secured between the. said pairs of legs with their apex arranged centrally beneath the said opening, the free edges of the said boards projecting outwardly from the said legs, oppositely arranged closing slides for the said opening laterally carried by the receptacle bottom between adjacent pairs of legs with their inner ends in contact with the said boards when in their closed position, retaining latches for the said slides, spaced inwardly projecting bolts carried by the lower portions of the said legs, supporting strips secured to the inner ends of the said bolts, spacing sleeves arranged between the said strips and legs, stub axles carried by said strips and legs, and flanged track wheels arranged upon said axles between said legs and strips.

5. A dump car for mono-rail systems comprising a car body having a normally closed opening in the bottom, spaced truck wheel-supporting arms carried by the car and inclined chutes positioned between the spaced arms for directing material on opposite sides of the rail and remote from the supporting wheels.

G. A dump car for mono-rail systems co prising a car body having a gate controlld opening in the bottom thereof, depending track wheel supporting arms carried thereby, truck wheels j ou rnaled on the lower ends of the arms and -adapted for riding on a mono-rail, and means carried by said car adjacent said arms and car opening for causing the contents of the car body to travel in a path remote from the truck wheels.

7. A dump car for monorail systems comprising a car body, depending corner legs carried thereby, inwardly positioned truck wheels carried by the depending legs, the said legsl being arranged in spaced pairs at opposite sides of the body, and means positioned between each pair of legs for directing the contents of the car body during the dumping operation outwardly of the sup. porting Wheels and mono-mil.

A `dmnp car comprising ay body-porlL tion, depending legs carried thereby, truck wl'leels posltxoned on the xnner sldes of the legs and journaled in the said lege, means rmxfmed by the lower ends of the legs for ro- ANDREW SIMKO. 

